Article
Use of IgM monoclonal reagents licensed for tube tests in column agglutination technology.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Morelati F, Burlini A, Reis K J, Drago F, Revelli N, Villa M A, Guffanti A, Italiano Z, Parravicini A, Rebulla P, Sirchia G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Red cell (RBC) phenotyping using column agglutination technology (CAT) is currently limited by the reagents formulated in the system. To overcome this limitation, it was investigated whether monoclonal IgM reagents licensed for use with tube tests produced valid results with CAT. STUD...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Hemagglutination Tests
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin M
- Infant, Newborn
- Kell Blood-Group System
- Kidd Blood-Group System
- Lewis Blood Group Antigens
- Phenotype
- Reproducibility of Results
- Titrimetry